NMC approves 3 New Medical Colleges, rejects applications for 2 in Karnataka
Bengaluru: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has approved 3 new medical colleges in Karnataka, whereas 2 have been rejected.
Senior officials in the medical education department confirmed that NMC has approved only three colleges but disapproved proposals about two other colleges including Kanakapura Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) and Ramanagara Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) due to technical reasons.
As per a recent media report by Times of India, the permission for Ramanagara Medical College was withheld due to a scarcity of staff at the 650-bed affiliate hospital. Karnataka had sought approval for five new medical colleges this year, aiming to increase the number of MBBS seats by 600.
However, the NMC has granted permission for only three of 5 proposed institutions. The approved colleges are BGS Medical College and Hospital in Nagarur, Bengaluru North, which will admit 150 students; PES Institute of Health Sciences and Research Centre in Konappana Agrahara, Electronics City, with 100 seats; and SR Medical College in Bagalkot, also with 100 seats, reports the daily. This leaves the state with an addition of only 350 MBBS seats instead of the anticipated 600.
Medical Dialogues had recently reported that taking serious cognizance of poor infrastructure and deficiencies in facilities, at least 27 medical colleges across the state of Karnataka, including several government institutions, had been penalised by the National Medical Commission (NMC). Meanwhile, the data obtained from the Department of Medical Education, Karnataka, reveals that a shortage of faculty members is a prevalent issue among these colleges. Even long-established institutions face similar problems as newer ones.
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